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  2. Lambert conformal conic projection - Wikipedia

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    A Lambert conformal conic projection ( LCC) is a conic map projection used for aeronautical charts, portions of the State Plane Coordinate System, and many national and regional mapping systems. It is one of seven projections introduced by Johann Heinrich Lambert in his 1772 publication Anmerkungen und Zusätze zur Entwerfung der Land- und ...

  3. Conformal map projection - Wikipedia

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    Lambert conformal conic projection. Oblique conformal conic projection (This projection is sometimes used for long-shaped regions, like as continents of Americas or Japanese archipelago.) Stereographic projection (Conformal azimuthal projection. Every circle on the earth is drawn as a circle or a straight line on the map.)

  4. Map projection - Wikipedia

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    Lambert conformal conic, which adjusts the north-south distance between non-standard parallels to equal the east-west stretching, giving a conformal map. Pseudoconic [ edit ] Bonne , an equal-area projection on which most meridians and parallels appear as curved lines.

  5. State Plane Coordinate System - Wikipedia

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    Most state plane zones are based on either a transverse Mercator projection or a Lambert conformal conic projection. The choice between the two map projections is based on the shape of the state and its zones. States that are long in the east–west direction are typically divided into zones that are also long east–west.

  6. Lambert projection - Wikipedia

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    Lambert projection. There are several projections used in maps carrying the name of Johann Heinrich Lambert : Lambert cylindrical equal-area projection (preserves areas) Lambert azimuthal equal-area projection (preserves areas) Lambert conformal conic projection (preserves angles, commonly used in aviation navigation maps) Lambert equal-area ...

  7. Universal Transverse Mercator coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    This projection is conformal, which means it preserves angles and therefore shapes across small regions. However, it distorts distance and area. Definitions UTM zone Simplified view of contiguous US UTM zones, projected with Lambert conformal conic. The UTM system divides the Earth into 60 zones, each 6° of longitude in width.

  8. Cylindrical equal-area projection - Wikipedia

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    The projection: is an equal-area projection, that means any two areas in the map have the same relative size compared to their size on the sphere. The term "normal cylindrical projection" is used to refer to any projection in which meridians are mapped to equally spaced vertical lines and circles of latitude are mapped to horizontal lines (or ...

  9. Spatial reference system - Wikipedia

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    t. e. A spatial reference system ( SRS) or coordinate reference system ( CRS) is a framework used to precisely measure locations on the surface of Earth as coordinates. It is thus the application of the abstract mathematics of coordinate systems and analytic geometry to geographic space. A particular SRS specification (for example, " Universal ...